POLICE believe a number of metal objects found near Culmore Point in Derry were World War II training bombs.
Army technical officers attended yesterday when the devices were found by a passer-by on the foreshore at Culmore.
The discovery follows a similar find at Balls Point in Magilligan when 78 devices were uncovered last week. The objects were believed to be “air-dropped eight-pound practice bombs”.
While made of solid metal for practice bomb drops during the Second World War, the devices would have once contained explosive smoke markers and so remained potentially very hazardous.
Following the Magilligan discovery, Coleraine Coastguard warned members of the public not to touch any suspicious objects but to immediately contact the Coastguard.
The entire area around Lough Foyle was extensively used by Allied Forces during the Second World War with naval installations at Lisahally and air force and army camps at Culmore and along the east bank of Lough Foyle. The area still retains remnants of the military infrastructure such as pill boxes and observation posts.
Following yesterday’s discovery, a police spokesman said: “A number of suspected old training rounds have been discovered on the shore at Culmore Point and will be examined and seized in due course.”
